Articles by Matt Watts

Berried Alive is the one-man brainchild of Charles Caswell, former guitarist of metalcore band, Reflections. Whilst the project’s aesthetic is characterised by darkly cartoonish imagery, on a musical level it’s deadly serious with a sound built upon chugging, djenty riffs, glitchy and often discordant synth lines and downbeat, nihilistic lyricism. Read More

Whilst newer bands such as Alien Weaponry and Tengger Cavalry have drawn attention to so-called ‘world metal’ in recent years, genre veterans Chthonic have been combining heavy music with the traditional folk instruments of their native Taiwan since 1995, and their latest release, ‘Battlefields Of Asura’, is their ninth studio effort thus far. Read More

French metalcore outfit LANDMVRKS return with their second studio effort, two years after their debut album ‘Hollow’, broke them and earned them festival appearances and slots alongside the likes of heavyweights While She Sleeps. Read More

Merseyside’s God Complex are the latest in a stream of new bands who, in the vein of Code Orange and Venom Prison, are mashing together diverse and formerly disparate strands of heavy music in order to create a sound that is vital, unique, and most importantly absolutely crushing. Read More

Primarily known for his work with with Oceansize and for performing live guitar duties with Biffy Clyro, Mike Vennart’s own creative output draws from a wider and more progressive range of influences. Read More

For many Tool fans, the idea of a fifth album from the band seems like nothing more than a pipe dream, and a record that they won’t believe will ever exist until they’ve physically got it and heard it. Read More

Bone Crew, the trap-metal collaboration between Attila frontman Chris Fronzak (far more often referred to as simply Fronz) and Detroit rap artist Da Boi J, have introduced their hybrid of genres to the world with their debut self-titled EP. Read More